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The two teams who are already qualified for the playoffs are going head-to-head against each other on January 24 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Yes, we are talking about Wellington Firebirds and Northern Knights. This will be the 30th match in the tournament.

AFG vs NED | 2nd ODI: Afghans write the same script of the Dutch demise, take unassailable lead

It was the same old script for the Netherlands as they lost the second game in a row to concede an unassailable lead to Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series going on between the two teams in Doha, Qatar. The series is part of the CWC Super League, works as the qualifying league for the 2023 ODI World Cup. Much like the first game, Afghanistan weaved a web of spin and even after a fighting knock or lone battle from Scott Edwards with the bat, the Dutch team remained very far away from the target of 238 runs. Edwards and Musa Ahmed started cautiously and added 21 for the opening wicket before Ahmed was removed by Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Coilin Ackermann followed suit and soon the Dutch were 35-2 in the ninth over. Bas de Leede, who came to bat number four did put up a good resistance, but his innings was way too slow for the liking of even an ODI game. He added 90 for the third wicket alongside Edwards but took 83 balls for his knock of 34 runs, striking at just 40. In fact, the partnership turned out to be a bane in the larger context of the game as the players coming after the fall of de Leede were always under the pressure of scoring at more than run a ball. Edwards, who hit yet another fifty and improved his career-best once again, missed out on an opportunity to score his first hundred as he got out for 86 off 120 balls. With the fall of his wicket, the fourth overall of the team at 147 with 91 required from 66 balls, the chances of a Dutch comeback also dwindled to its lowest before falling flat completely. The team was eventually bowed out for 189, a three-run improvement from the previous game, losing the match by 48 runs and eventually losing the series too. Earlier in the day, after winning the toss and deciding t bat first, Afghanistan rode on the back of a brilliant century by Rahmanullah Gurbaz. The opening batter scored 103 off 127 balls and was helped by important innings of 54 from captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and 35 from Rahmat Shah to take the team to 237-6 eventually. The third and final game of the series will be played on Tuesday, January 25 at the same venue. No team would take that game lightly as it contains important 10 points for the Super League.

If you don't perform you don't get your chances: Powar on Jemimah, Shikha, Punam's omission

India women's team coach Ramesh Powar opened up about the omission of Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey from the squad that will feature in the ODI World Cup and New Zealand. The former spinner sent a stern message that if the players don't perform then they won't get their chances. "This is not a one-time communication, it's been for a long period of time, at least last six months. I have been very clear about the roles. I told them specifically what is expected of them. This is a competition, a profession that you're performing. If you don't perform you don't get your chances," he said in a virtual media interaction. Powar further said that the players who have missed the bus have an idea about the same. "Again, the batting unit is consistent with Yastika, Smriti, and Mithali so everyone is consistent so we didn't change much. At the end of it, seven of us getting together and picking the right team and backing the players, that matters at the end. Every player who is not there in the team knows why they are not there," he added.

BCB President confirms Tamim won’t be playing T20Is for Bangladesh any soon

The dynamic and experienced Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal who has hit back to back to back half-centuries in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League 2022, has said that he is not willing to make a comeback in the T20 internationals any time soon. Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan confirmed that in his interaction with the press. "Tamim has played well and he is always good. When I spoke with him last time you can say I requested him to make a return into T20Is,” Nazmul was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. “I have spoken with him on the telephone and he just said 'please don't push me because if you push me naturally I will have to return but I don't want to play in this format'. After listening to this I felt there is no point asking him (to reconsider his decision) because if someone does not want to play any format there is no point forcing him to play,'' the board president added. Tamim last played a T20I for Bangladesh in March 2020 against Zimbabwe in Dhaka, so it has been almost two years now that he played in the shortest format for the Tigers. In total, Iqbal has played 78 T20Is and scored 1758 runs in them with one century and three fifties to his name in that format for Bangladesh. Though Tamim has officially not retired from the shortest format internationally, so there might be chances that he returns maybe after a prolific BPL with the bat and therefore wouldn't have wanted to jinx it.